OL98: (IMO) Formatting Lost Using WinFax Starter Edition
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The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Outlook 98
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NOTE: These procedures only apply if you have installed Outlook
with the Internet Mail Only option. To determine your installation
type, on the Help menu click About Microsoft Outlook. In About Microsoft
Outlook you should see "Internet Mail Only" if you have
the Internet Mail Only option installed.
Symptoms
When you send a fax that contains formatting such as bold, italic,
or colored fonts, the recipient does not see this. The whole fax
is displayed and printed as Courier, in a single font size.
Cause
The Winfax Starter Edition does not send Rich Text Format (RTF),
but sends the fax as plain text instead.
Resolution
If your fax recipients require RTF, choose on of the following
methods.
Method 1
Create and send your fax document in Microsoft Word 97.
Create the document in Word.
On the File menu, point to Send To, and click Fax Recipient to start
the Fax Wizard
Click Next, select the document you created, select whether or not
you want a cover sheet, and click Next.
Select "A different fax program which is installed on this
system," select Symantec WinFax Starter Edition in the Fax
Program list, and click Next.
Select the fax recipient(s) from the Address Book and click Next.
If indicated by your earlier choice, select the desired cover page,
and click Next.
If necessary, type the Sender information, click Next, and then
click Finish.
NOTE: Your Word document is sent as an attachment to the fax.
Method 2
Upgrade to Symantec Winfax Pro. Contact Symantec for more information
or connect to their Web site at:
http://www.symantec.com/winfax/starter
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More Information
This section contains more information on mail format types and
what graphic types are supported.
Graphics always appear on a page by themselves, never inline with
text.
Graphics will only work if they are sent as an attachment that is
associated with a program with a Print action.
Pasting a graphic into a HTML item:
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Inserting graphic by |
Yields this result |
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| HTML |
Pasting from clipboard |
Graphic appears on a
separate page of
received fax. This works
because in this format
we send the file as
embedded HTML. If you
send a mail message like
this to a machine
running Outlook 97 you
will see the attachment.
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| HTML |
Attachment |
As long as the
attachment type is
associated with a program
that has the Print
action, this will
work. The
attachment will appear on
a separate page. |
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| RTF |
Pasting from the clipboard, Insert Object |
This will fail with all
the errors stated
earlier. |
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| RTF |
Attachment |
Works as long as the
attachment has the Print
action. The graphic is
separate from the rest
of the text. |
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| Plain text |
Pasting from clipboard |
Not available. Paste is
unavailable with a
graphic in the
clipboard. |
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| Plain text |
Attachment |
Works as long as the
attachment has the Print
action. |
References
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